Space Symphony Around Us

I always thought grindcore was an oversimplified death metal style, closer to hardcore punk than it was to actual death metal. Not so easy to find serious bands over here besides the classics from England, and it is a lot more difficult when it comes to the 'goregrind', 'pornogore', 'pornogrind' or whatever you call this scene of extreme music which only purpose is being as repugnant and disgusting as possible without taking it too seriously. There's no musical brilliance here but I've found a couple of bands from these deep dungeons through the years that actually impressed me. Carnal Diafragma is one of them and precisely this release is pretty interesting although its simplicity and mostly nonsense. Space symphony around us seems to be something of the best this weird scene has to offer to people that is searching for actual music and not cringy jokes.

This album has a really decent production, very well played music and in general it brings feelings of dealing with something real, something with the intention of being something else. It's the way these guys project the violence, the versatility of the voices (unusual from this kind of bands), the simplicity (a good way to be simple, which reminds me to early Carcass and classic Darkthrone), the chaotic ambient that it creates and that nonstop energy that comes from this record what amuses me. Yeah, it's simple, it's mainly made to be funny, but what a way to have fun!

I'm not going to say this is something great or innovative, but I have to give them really good credit for being this good and notorious among tons of crappy bands that just wanted to be tough using gore and repulsive topics for their pseudo music. Definitely their best, I really had fun listening to this fistful of violence. If you like bands like Carcass, Napalm Death, Regurgitate or Disgorge you'll definitely love this. Saying it simple: this is classic Discharge but on steroids. Absolute madness, if you give it the right dimension and you're disposed to listen to extreme music just for fun, this is the way to follow; the right path in a really big swamp full of shit.